For the hundreds displaced by the rising levels of Yamuna, the India Meteorological Department has some good news.

It will not rain for at least the next three days, which might help the water level drop. It might, however, rain at certain places in Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan.

“There are chances of rainfall in the surrounding areas but Delhi will remain dry. The days will remain cloudy,” said a Met official. As of now, nearly 700 people have been displaced by the rain.

In Sunday’s rescue operations, the residents of low-lying areas surrounding Yamuna were transferred to temporary shelters near Shashtri Park.

Apart from the rain, the river kept rising because Haryana continued releasing more water. In the last three days, the Hathnikund dam in Haryana released 5.5 lakh cusecs of water. At 4 pm on Sunday, the water level touched 205.28 metre, 45 centimetres above the danger mark, officials said.

People were asked to evacuate well in time and there were no major loss, said officials of the Irrigation and Flood Control Department (IFCD). The IFCD has set up a control room to coordinate relief and rescue operations round-the-clock. The Delhi Jal Board and Fire services have also been asked to assist.

The river had crossed the danger mark of 204.83 metres in September 6, 1978, when it rose to 207.49 metres and caused heavy floods in the city. The danger level was also crossed in 1995 and 1998.

The last five days of uninterrupted rains have also created potholes all over Delhi. the rainfall deficit in the city is over. The total monsoon rain recorded till Sunday was 588 millimetres.